NVIDIA P106-100 vs AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA P106-100 and AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA P106-100

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 81% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 834 MHz
  • Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 93.41 GTexel / s
  • Around 46% better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 2,989 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5460 MHz
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6357 vs 5024
  • Around 47% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34722 vs 23587
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 163.993 vs 56.272
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1705.321 vs 778.867
  • Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.266 vs 5.051
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 76.32 vs 65.535
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 448.036 vs 336.811
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 June 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1506 MHz vs 834 MHz
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s vs 93.41 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops vs 2,989 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 5460 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6357 vs 5024
Geekbench - OpenCL 34722 vs 23587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 163.993 vs 56.272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1705.321 vs 778.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.266 vs 5.051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.32 vs 65.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 448.036 vs 336.811

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 745 vs 255
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1792 vs 1280
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 745 vs 255

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA P106-100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6357
5024
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
255
745
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
34722
23587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
163.993
56.272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705.321
778.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.266
5.051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
76.32
65.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
448.036
336.811
Name NVIDIA P106-100 AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 6357 5024
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 745
Geekbench - OpenCL 34722 23587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 163.993 56.272
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1705.321 778.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.266 5.051
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 76.32 65.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 448.036 336.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12824
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1680
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12824
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1680
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4062

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA P106-100 AMD Radeon R9 M395 Mac Edition

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 2.0
Code name GP106 Grenada
Launch date 19 June 2017 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 425 422
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1709 MHz
Core clock speed 1506 MHz 834 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,375 gflops 2,989 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1792
Texture fill rate 136.7 GTexel / s 93.41 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 6,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 250 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 174.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 5460 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore